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This Year Plant Condon's Seeds and Have 
a Real Garden of Fresh Vegetables and 
Beautiful Flowers— Grow Your Own Plants 
A Cheap and Easy Way to Make Your Own Hot Beds _^ 
Hot beds are generally made flx6 feet in diinen- 
.siou, with a pit 2 feet below the surface of the 
;;roiind, well filled with fresh horse manure. The 
standard size hot bed sash most generally used is 
:!x6 feet, glazed with (i-inch glass. The size and 
kind of sash docs not make any difference with 
your growing plants. (See picture of hot bed where 
a common window sash was used with splendid 
results.) You all have an extra window around the 
place somewhere that is not working and paying 
its own storage. Get it working for you. If you 
will notice the picture you will see part of the 
cross-bars are out off. Tliis is done so the water 
will run off and not leak through and damage your 
growing plants. Standard hot bed sash have no 
cross-bars. If yoti want standard hot bed sasli you 
can buy them cheaper from tlie mills which manu- 
facture them than from any one handling as a 
Home Made, But It Does the Business o"'y! tberefore we are glad to refer you 
to Gordan Van Tine Co., Davenport, Iowa, or the 
(Chicago Millwork Supply Co., Cliicago, 111. If you will mention our name when writing them, we are sure 
(hey will use you right. By all means get your hot bed started tliis winter. Grow your own cabbage, cauli- 
llower, pepper, egg plant, tomato, celery, asters, pansy, verbena, cosmos, petiuiia, salvia, and in fact any 
(dants desired, if you do not require over a dozen plants yourself, you can sell all you grow at a good 
profit to your neighbors. Think this over; it is worth money to you. 
The Difference Between a Hot Bed and Cold Frame and How to 
Manage Each Profitably 
GROUND 
LEVEL 
For a hot bed heat is 
secured from a bed of 
fermenting manure set 
in the frame below the. 
gr o u n d level. The 
plants are grrown in soil 
maced to a depth of 
fiVe to eight inches over 
the manure. 
A cold frame consi.sts 
of four boards joined 
together to form a 
frame whicli is set \ipon 
the ground and covered 
with sash. Thi- heat se- 
cured comes from sun- 
light only. 
Hot beds should be 
placed free from walls, 
so there will be spaci- 
on all sides. A location 
facing the south or southeast should be selected, 
protected on the nortli and west l)y buildings, 
walls or bushes. Frames should face the south 
and be place'd so that no shade will fall upon 
tliem during- the day. It is usual to dig the pit 
about eighteen inches to two feet deep. Fi-esh 
horse manure containing plenty of straw is most 
desirable for usi' in the pit, as it gives a quick, 
intense heat. Before placing it In the ground it is 
best to prolong fermentation as long as possible 
by mixing it thoroughly every 2 or 3 days while 
ill tl'<^ pile. 
SOIL 
1- 
MANURE 
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Before adding tlie soil 
the sash should be 
placed over the frame 
for three or four days 
wliile the manure 
reaches a. good condi- 
tion. When the soil is 
finally placed in the 
frame to a depth of 
from five to e i g h t 
inches it .should be al- 
lowed to remain for 
about four da>s until 
i( becomes warm and 
the weed seeds germi- 
nate. Tt should then be 
carefully raked and 
pressed down, and your 
hot bed is ready. 
The hot bed should be made about two week.- 
heCnre (lu- set-ds are sown. The sash should be 
raised a little every morning for ventilation. To 
retain the heat the sash should be closed at night, 
and when it is extremely cold it is best to <'Over 
the bi'ds with boards or old blankets to prevent 
the plants from becoming chilled. 
Knn); the frame above ground with straw, ma- 
nure or other Utter, with a little soil thrown over 
to hold in position. 
